Why did President Johnson's quick reconstruction of ex-Confederate states shock reformers?
A) His lenient terms for reconstruction belied his earlier states' rights stance.
B) He had long expressed a desire to destroy the southern planter aristocracy.
C) His harsh terms for reconstruction belied his earlier promises of leniency.
D) He failed to follow through on his promise to grant the freedmen voting rights.
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